Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-22
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Entered at the PostoFcs At Alerandy1c, Virginia, G'
secord-class matter.
Collision or .I,c He. W. az IL. R. ls.
a frightfll accident occurred on the Phil.
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail.
road at 5:5S o'clock yesterday evening AT
Hayre de Grace, just at the entrance to the
briGga which spans The Susquehauna river
The congressional limited express, bound
north from Washington and Baltimore, and
train No. Al, the New York and Washing.
] ton express, which leaves Philadelphia al
! $50 coming south, collided with terrific
force, killing one man outright and wound
ing several Others The Philadelphia, Will
mingtou and Baltimore railroad from Balti.
more 70 Philadelphia is one stretch oi
double track, except the mile of bridge
/ across the SusGuehanna between Havre de
I Grace and Peryvi!le, Which is only single
track. 1t was right at the intersection on
! the frogs at the Havre de Grace end Of the
| bridge where the collision occurred. The
I limited WAS ten minutes late leaving Balt-
more, and when il reached Havre de
! Grace was under ful! head OF steam, and
rushing along trying 10 make up time,
! Train No. II consisted Of engine, baggage
| cnT, two Pullmans, a smoker, and two
coaches. No II had just reached the south
i,fc li,o
south bound track. The engine and bag
Gage car cleared the frog safely, when the
! limited came rushing along and bolted into
the forward parlor car, the pilot Of the en-
CINE acting as lever pushing the car over
on its side, the side backward momentum
Of which Knocked the second Pullman on
its side also. The engine then ran plumb
into the smoker, telescoping it until the
pilot rested nearly in the centre of the car.
All this happened in 2 twinkling. Then
came terrible scene.
The crash was heard ali over the town
and the people focked to the scene. The
imprisoned people, Of whom there were for
tunately not many in the parlor cars, which
were both lying on their sides were crying
| for help, and the cries OF the wounded in
! the smoker, together with rushing steam
| from the locomotive III the interior of the
smoker, were sights and sounds never TO be
forgotten The villagers did everything
possible for the relief Of the injured, bring
ing liquor, bandages, lint, &C., for their use
and comfort. The people in the smoking
car who were injured got out easily, egress
at the rear not being cut of.
The casualties are es follows Alexander
| Gausron. OF Washington, scalded to death
| by the escaping steam. He was seated
about three seats from the front door in the
smoker Rev. James Pnkham, of Mime.
apolis, Mipn., left clavice and left forearm
broken and three ribs, left side, broken. B.
! n Baker president of the Baltimore Stor-
age and Lighter Co., Of Baltimore, thigh
broken. p Piser, q travelling salesman, OF
| New York, left leg injured and hand cut.
George j. McCanrey. Baltimore, hurt in
head and breast. T. a. Bland, of Washing
ton, nead scalGed; 4. Brice, New York,
head and arm cut; 3. \. Baker, Baltimore,
left lec broken; J. II. Whorton, Baltimore.
| skull fractured; J. il. Mccormick, Brooklyn,
badly scalded; 4. l.. Wood, Camden. n. J.,
seriously hur, about the head; Rev. Hobart
Smith, Baltimore leg aud hand badly cut.
! The fireman oEthe limited had his head ana
neck badly cut The tracks are torn up
and strewn with wrecksee for considera-
bic distance. The engine of the limited Is
badly smashed, and the front half of the
smoking car OF no Il was knocked into
match WOOD.
The accident was due to the fact that the
congressional express was behind time and
passed The signal tower ut a nigh rate OF
speed. The signals were all right, but En-
gineer Sargent says his air brakes refused to
work. He reversed the engine, but too late
to prevent the collision. The accident oc.
cured about 100 wards from the bridge where
the single track crossing the bridge switches
oil into the bridge, forming "Y."
Stephen 3. Eikins and :. Spencer. vice
president ofthe Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
we're passengers on the north bound train
I'VE were detained at Baltimore and were
fifteen minutes late, said Mr.. Elkins. eve
were running very fast, when we were sud
denly brought to . standstill. When We
rushed out We found two cars of the south
bound train lying on their sides and the en-
cine of our train badly damaged"
The accident was caused by the engineer
of the north bound train failing to stop in
time to allow the other train 10 clear the
track. He says ne knew that he was run
ming on the other trains time, and applied
the brakes when within a.mile ofthe bridge
but was unable to control his train. lis
says he saw the danger signal, and used
every effort to hold his train, but through
some defect in the machinery the heavy en-
gine Numbered on regardless of his efforts
The engineer Of the other train saw the i'm
pending danger and crowded all the steam
into his engine, but he was second too late
to avoid the crash.
A TRAIN RUN WITH CRUDE PETROLEUM.
The first train that ever ran, or attempted
to run. west of the Allegheny mountains